Early keyboard initialization?

[Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>]

Hi,

Is there any reason for initializing the input layer and keyboards so
late?  Since prevents from being able to perform alt-sysrqs early, and
blind people who use speakup would like to get early control over the
speech.  Here is the patch that they use.

Signed-off-by: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>

--- /usr/src/linux-2.6.18/drivers/Makefile.orig	2006-10-06 11:34:15.000000000 -0400
+++ drivers/Makefile	2006-10-06 11:34:15.000000000 -0400
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 
 obj-y				+= serial/
 obj-$(CONFIG_PARPORT)		+= parport/
+obj-$(CONFIG_SERIO)		+= input/serio/
+obj-$(CONFIG_GAMEPORT)		+= input/gameport/
+obj-$(CONFIG_INPUT)		+= input/
 obj-y				+= base/ block/ misc/ mfd/ net/ media/
 obj-$(CONFIG_NUBUS)		+= nubus/
 obj-$(CONFIG_ATM)		+= atm/
@@ -50,9 +53,6 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_USB)		+= usb/
 obj-$(CONFIG_PCI)		+= usb/
 obj-$(CONFIG_USB_GADGET)	+= usb/gadget/
-obj-$(CONFIG_SERIO)		+= input/serio/
-obj-$(CONFIG_GAMEPORT)		+= input/gameport/
-obj-$(CONFIG_INPUT)		+= input/
 obj-$(CONFIG_I2O)		+= message/
 obj-$(CONFIG_RTC_LIB)		+= rtc/
 obj-$(CONFIG_I2C)		+= i2c/
-
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